Originally Posted by
nov11
Again, very similar with other airlines (depending on the season/day/destination). Try UA on their LAX/SFO-SYD or SFO/ORD-HKG....you'll be surprised that a 1K who have been waitlisted for months even fail to clear the upgrade occasionally.
The difference with Enrich is that inspite of the poor miles earning benefit of the programme, seats in the premium cabins are also offered to members of other FF with much higher earning ability (2-3times higher). While its true that many airlines also allow cross redemption, these airlines usually have very decent miles earning benefit themselves unlike MH.
The nett effect is that Enrich members are facing very stiff competition from members of other FF programme for the very few award seats. I wont be surprised if more than 70-80% of the long-haul biz/first award seats have been going to members of other FF programme.